departmental Advisory Board

The Academic Advisory Board members help shape the research and teaching mission of the department. The Board also helps encourage the development of needed programs, and provides important links to the community and to the engineering and research needs of our region.

Board Member Company Affiliation Title
Richard Asher US Navy Retired
Deputy Superintendent of Salvage
Bernardo Cardenal Rocamar Engineering Services, Inc. President
Joe Cuscheiri, Ph.D. Lockheed Martin MST Systems Architect Senior Staff
Dan Davies Florida Turbine Technologies Mechanical Design Discipline Lead
Brian Fariello AMERICAS - Propulsion, Ship Power Business Sales Manager
Michael Fuchs Systems Engineering, Enerfuel, Inc. Program Manager
Vincent Lee National Institute of Standards & Technology Mechanical Engineer
Kevin McEvoy Oceaneering President and CEO
Ben Nagaraj Motorola Technical Consulting Services
Sal Pazhoor Smartpoll Election Solutions President and CEO
Ali Shamshad NR Group President and Chairman
Sue Skemp ASME Distinguished Member
David Tubridy Naval Surface Warfare Center Deputy Division Technical Director
Bill Venezia, Ph.D. Naval Surface Warfare Center Chief Engineer
Siva Venugopalan SCS Inc. Principal Engineer